Scottish Storytelling Festival 2017

The Edinburgh Storytelling Festival celebrates the art of live storytelling with a fun filled programme for both adults and children to enjoy. Activities include readings, workshops, talks, events and exhibitions. It is inspired by the sense of togetherness of a traditional Scottish Ceilidh and its tales, anecdotes, music and singing.

The theme for 2017 is Open World – showing how the traditional art of storytelling is more vital than ever in connecting people worldwide, across cultures, places and generations. These are critical times for our planet and the festival invites us all to unite through our differences, acknowledging where we are and where we want to go, together.

The programme has a great variety of events including family events, evening shows aimed at adults, networking days for professionals, storytelling ceilidhs, workshops, talks and exhibitions. The programme also includes Festival on Tour, bringing stories and storytellers to other Scottish regions. Other highlights include the opening and closing weekends. These large scale storytelling events are a great way to experience what the festival is all about.

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